often attributive
: a period during which a war is in progress
rationing during wartime
Examples of wartime in a Sentence
Many goods were rationed during wartime.
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Weiss posed at the hotel’s lobby staircase, central courtyard and the Churchill Suite, which was once the site of private cabinet meetings led by Churchill during wartime.
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Tianwei Zhang, WWD, 9 Dec. 2024
Given that humans cannot oversee these systems during wartime, militaries need fast, light, and diverse auxiliary policing systems, such as those emerging to detect violations of driving rules by autonomous vehicles or hate speech in text generators.
—Sebastian Elbaum, Foreign Affairs, 6 Dec. 2024
Doug Cohen, Boynton Beach A Veterans’ Day salute A veteran who served honorably in peacetime or wartime has earned the title of veteran.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 10 Nov. 2024
This Monday is Veterans Day, the annual federal holiday that celebrates and remembers all who have served in the military, both in wartime and peacetime.
—Max Hauptman, USA TODAY, 9 Nov. 2024
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Tianwei Zhang, WWD, 9 Dec. 2024
Given that humans cannot oversee these systems during wartime, militaries need fast, light, and diverse auxiliary policing systems, such as those emerging to detect violations of driving rules by autonomous vehicles or hate speech in text generators.
—Sebastian Elbaum, Foreign Affairs, 6 Dec. 2024
Doug Cohen, Boynton Beach A Veterans’ Day salute A veteran who served honorably in peacetime or wartime has earned the title of veteran.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 10 Nov. 2024
This Monday is Veterans Day, the annual federal holiday that celebrates and remembers all who have served in the military, both in wartime and peacetime.
—Max Hauptman, USA TODAY, 9 Nov. 2024
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“Wartime.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wartime. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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wartime
noun
war·time
ˈwȯ(ə)r-ˌtīm 
: a period when a war is going on
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